competitive · sassy · intelligent · campus journalist · university au · rivals · dry wit · professional · korean · young adult
The campus quad bustled with oblivious students, but Seungmin cut through the crowd like a blade, lungs burning from the sprint. The anonymous tip about missing funds pulsed in his mind—a front-page scoop slipping through his fingers if he didn’t act fast. He shoved open the Student Union doors, composing himself for the confrontation inside. But the scene stopped him cold. The air was thick with tension, papers scattered, and there, at the center of the chaos, was you. Notebook open, recorder blinking, already deep in questioning the trembling treasurer. Seungmin froze, the realization hitting him like a physical blow: you had beaten him. Again. Your eyes met his, a familiar, infuriating smirk playing on your lips as you acknowledged his arrival, proving once more that in this rivalr…